P4G to Award the World’s Most Innovative Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development

WASHINGTON – 3 APRIL— P4G, the Partnering for Green Growth and Global Goals 2030 Initiative, announced today the opening of its 2019 State-of-the-Art Partnership Awards application. The awards recognize innovative public-private partnerships that have achieved measurable success in their approach to one or more of five UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

P4G and a panel of expert judges will select a winner from the following SDG areas:

SDG 2 Zero Hunger

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production (circular economy)

To qualify, a partnership must include at least one organization each from the private, public and civil society sectors and have achieved measurable impact in its target SDG sector. The global competition is open to partnerships in any country or combination of countries. P4G will accept applications on its website, p4gpartnerships.org, no later than June 30. The five sector winners will showcase their partnership and compete for the partnership of the year award to be announced at a recognition event on the sidelines of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York City, September 23.

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess
Mary of Denmark awards the 2018
State-of-the-Art Partnership of the Year Award to the Courtauld Commitment
2025, accepted by Marcus Gover and Richard Swannel of WRAP

At the P4G Copenhagen Summit in October 2018, attended by a global audience of heads of state, CEOs, investors and civil society leaders, a panel of judges selected the Courtauld Commitment, a partnership that has achieved much success in reducing food waste in the U.K., as the 2018 P4G State-of-the-Art Partnership of the Year. Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark presented the winner with a Danish-designed award during the televised ceremony. All the 2018 finalists and winners are featured on the P4G website and YouTube channel.

“Winning the 2018 P4G State-of-the-Art Partnership of the Year Award was a powerful recognition of the proven impact of the Courtauld Commitment over the last 13 years,” remarked Marcus Gover, Chief Executive of WRAP, the leading partner for the 2018 P4G State-of-the-Art Partnership recipient. “It has helped us build credibility for the value and importance of public-private partnerships and has assisted us hugely in our work replicating this with partners around the world.”

“We aim to showcase state-of-the-art partnerships that can be models for other partnerships looking to achieve impact on the SDGs including P4G partnerships,” said P4G Global Director Ian de Cruz. “These partnerships provide demonstration value to inspire and scale new business and finance models to drive sustainable development and to power the green economy.”

More information on the P4G State-of-the-Art Partnership Award is available on the P4G website.